Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for Larium GPs issued in each year from 2010 to date; what the cost was of those prescriptions; and if he will make a statement.
The number of prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England and associated net ingredient cost is in the table.
Year | Prescription items 000s | Net ingredient cost £000s |
2010 | 14.5 | 306.9 |
2011 | 15.6 | 317.4 |
2012 | 17.7 | 346.7 |
2013 | 18.0 | 353.8 |
2014 | 17.6 | 367.2 |
Source: Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre